Track-sanding device.



v PATENTED JUNE 25, 190?.

S A PIPER TRACK SANDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 29,1907.

1n: NORRIS PETERS co., \usnmcrcu. n. c.

SAMUEL A. PIPER, OF NEWTON UPPER FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRACK-SANDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed March 29,1907. Serial No- 365,280.

To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. PIPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newton U per Falls, in the county of Middlesex an State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Track-Sanding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to track-sanding devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby sand may be applied to railroad tracks in a more economical and efiicient manner than heretofore.

l/Vith this object in view my invention comprises a circular sandcontainer provided with a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in .width to that of the rail to which the sand is to be applied, means for retaining said sand-container on said rail and means whereby an operator may roll the sand-container along the rail so that the sand will fall through the perforations onto the rail. novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the appended claims.

For the purpose of more fully disclosing my invention I have illustrated in the draw ings which accompany and form a part of this specification one embodiment of my invention which has been successfully employed; but it will be understood that I do notlimit myself to the articular form therein illustrated inasmuch as many modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view, partly in'section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

A represents the sand-container, which as shown, consists of a hollow wheel having flaring sides. The sand-container A is provided with a perforated face or peripheral surface B which is substantially equal in width to that of the track Q along which said sand-container is to be rolled and on which it is retained by the'flanges C, C. The sand-container A is pivotally secured to the fork F by the axle G, and the handles H or H or both, are removably secured to the sockets I, I which are attached to said fork. The sockets I, I are so arranged that one of said handles extends in a direction substantially parallel to the rail while the other extends at an angle thereto and terminates at a point outside the railroad track, so that the opat a given time.

My invention also comprises the.

erator in pushing the sanding-device along the rail may walk outside said track.

In order to insure a more positive feed of the sand to the track I provide means whereby the rotation of the sand container along the rail will impart an irregular or 0scillatory movement thereto. The particular means shown in the drawings whereby this result is effected consist of the ribs D, D, secured to the face of the sand-container and provided with pro ections E, E, which preferably are so spaced along said ribs that only one of each series is in contact with the rail The ribs D D maintain the perforated face B slightly above the surface of the track Q.

In order to better insure the retention of the container A on the rail to besanded, I may employ a guide wheel K which as shown is flanged to fit the rail Q and which is pivoted at L to the fork J. The fork J is adjustably secured to the fork F by any suitable means such as the set screw M which tightens the fork in the socket B. By thus adjustably securing the fork J to the fork F, I may regulate the height of the handles H, H and adjust them to the conven ience of the operator.

A door N herein shown as hinged to the side of the sand-container at P and provided with a latch 0 may be em loyed for the purpose of filling the receptac e A with sand.

It will be obvious that by means of my invention I provide a device whereby sand may be applied to railroad tracks in a manner which is much more economical than that employed at the present time in that the sand is appliedwithout waste and in exactly the quantity desired.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim and desire to procure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, means maintaining said perforated surface slightly above the surface of said rail, a fork and means pivotally securing said sand-container thereto.

2. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges ICC) on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, ribs on said peripheral surface arranged to maintain the same slightly above the surface of said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand-container thereto and a handle secured to said fork.

3. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand-container thereto, and a handle secured to said fork and extending at an angle away from the direction of said rail.

4. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand-container thereto, and two handles secured to said fork, one handle extending substantially in the direction of said rail and the other extending away from the direction of said rail.

5. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand-container thereto, and a guidewheel constructed to roll on said rail and adjustably secured to said fork.

6. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container constructed and arranged to retain the same on said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand container thereto, and means whereby the rotation of said sand-container along said rail will impart an oscillatory movement thereto.

7. A track-sanding device comprising a circular sand-container having a perforated peripheral surface approximately equal in width to that of the rail to be sanded, flanges on either side of said sand-container arranged to retain the same on said rail, a fork, means pivotally securing said sand container thereto, and ribs on said peripheral surface provided with a series of projections.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28 day of Mar. 1907.

SAMUEL A. PIPER.

WVitnesses:

E. B. TOMLINSON, GEO. K. VVoopwoRTrr. 

